Marcus Freeman Hilariously Grills Reporter For Coaching Decisions During Son's Youth Football Game
Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman spent some time turning the tables on the media during his Monday press conference.
Press conference formats are pretty simple. Reporters ask questions and the coach answers them. It's not complex at all. In fact, it's about as simple as it gets.
Well, Freeman called an audible with Irish Illustrated reporter Tim O'Malley Monday. The SI reporter is Freeman's son's youth football coach, and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish leader took issue with some red zone play calling in the second-third game championship game.
Marcus Freeman trolls reporter Tim O'Malley over youth football game. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Marcus Freeman turns the tables on reporter over youth football game.
"My turn? Okay. Two things, alright. Second-third grade championship game, okay, two trips to the red zone, zero points, one play was a reverse pass that was intercepted in the red zone. You were the offensive coordinator there? Thoughts on the red zone play calling," Freeman asked in hilarious fashion.
The Notre Dame coach also took issue with the fact his son had a long run called back because he was only wearing one flag. Whose fault was that? He demanded to know while hardly being able to contain a smile.
Check out the truly hilarious exchange below, and send me your thoughts to David.Hookstead@outkick.com.
This is simply a great moment, and you'd have to have a heart of stone to disagree. College football coaches get grilled at the first sign of trouble. A team can have a solid season and the coach will still face the fire of upset fans whenever the squad loses.
Notre Dame is currently 6-2, and the program took a lot of heat for losing to a Louisville team it should have beat. The good news is Freeman clearly has a great sense of humor about grilling the media just like they want to grill him.
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself or the situation you're in. It's a sign of great confidence, and Freeman was beaming ear-to-ear during that entire exchange.
Marcus Freeman has funny exchange with reporter over youth football game. (Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
As for Tim O'Malley, it sounds like he better figure out his red zone play calling because Freeman is now breathing down his neck. Iron sharpens iron, folks. It's the nature of the beast. Props to both guys for putting on a show. Send me your thoughts on the moment and Notre Dame's program to David.Hookstead@outkick.com.